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The Testament of John Lydgate:
British Library Harley 218 Verses

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Folio 62 Verso
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Suffre me to haue savour nor swetnesse •
But in thy name / that called is Ihesu •
Alle foreyn thyng / to me make bitternesse •
Saue only Ihesu / most souereyne of vertu •
To my professioun / accordyng and most du •
Euere to be prented / in my remembraunce •
At myn ende / to graunt me this issu •
To fore my detħ / shryft hosel repentaunce •
No lord but Ihesu most mercyable and benygne •
Whicħ of mercy toke our humanyte •
And of loue to shew a souereyn sygne •
Suffredest passyoun / vpon the rode tre •
Only to fraunchyse / our mortalite •
Whicħ stode in daungere / of Sathanes encoumbraunce •
Or I passe hens Ihesu graunt onto me •
To fore my detħ shryfte hosel and repentaunce •
I am excited / and meved of nature •
This name Ihesu / souereynly to preyse •
Name commended / most hyghly in scrypture •
Whicħ name hath powere / dede men to reyse •
To lyf eternałł whos vertu dotħ so peyse •
Ageyn my synnes weyed in balaunce •
That grace and mercy shal so counterpeyse •
Graunt or I de1 deye / shryfte hosel repentaunce •
Notes
  1. the scribe has deleted the first two characters, noting this through dots underneath each glyph. The rubricator has gone ahead and crossed through the deleted characters. ↩

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